Overview
- A spokesperson confirmed that Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan completed an off‑market purchase of Strancally Castle and intend to use it when they visit Ireland for personal trips and Meta business.
- The deal closed several weeks ago and was publicly reported on Thursday, with the transaction omitted from Ireland’s Property Price Register and the exact sale price left undisclosed.
- Irish media and property sources estimate the value at roughly €20 million to €30 million, but no official figure has been released by the parties involved.
- Strancally Castle is a c.1830 Gothic Revival house of about 16,000 sq ft set on roughly 440 acres on the River Blackwater, and the Alen‑Buckley family spent around 25 years restoring the estate.
- The purchase follows Meta’s long presence in Ireland, where the company runs its international headquarters in Dublin and employs about 1,500 people, and it fits a recent pattern of wealthy buyers acquiring large historic Irish estates.